gce_pd - utilize GCE persistent disk resources¶

New in version 1.4.

Synopsis ¶

This module can create and destroy unformatted GCE persistent disks https://developers.google.com/compute/docs/disks#persistentdisks. It also supports attaching and detaching disks from running instances. Full install/configuration instructions for the gce* modules can be found in the comments of ansible/test/gce_tests.py.

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
credentials_file (added in 2.1.0)		path to the JSON file associated with the service account email
delete_on_termination (added in 2.3)	Choices: no ← yes	If `yes`, deletes the volume when instance is terminated
detach_only	Choices: no ← yes	do not destroy the disk, merely detach it from an instance
disk_type (added in 1.9)	Choices: pd-standard ← pd-ssd	type of disk provisioned
image (added in 1.7)		the source image to use for the disk
instance_name		instance name if you wish to attach or detach the disk
mode	Choices: READ_WRITE READ_ONLY ←	GCE mount mode of disk, READ_ONLY (default) or READ_WRITE
name required		name of the disk
pem_file (added in 1.6)		path to the pem file associated with the service account email This option is deprecated. Use 'credentials_file'.
project_id (added in 1.6)		your GCE project ID
service_account_email (added in 1.6)		service account email
size_gb	Default: 10	whole integer size of disk (in GB) to create, default is 10 GB
snapshot (added in 1.7)		the source snapshot to use for the disk
state	Choices: active present ← absent deleted	desired state of the persistent disk
zone	Default: us-central1-b	zone in which to create the disk

# Simple attachment action to an existing instance
- local_action:
    module: gce_pd
    instance_name: notlocalhost
    size_gb: 5
    name: pd

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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